Head of Business Unit Lightweight Design, Energy Storage and Circular Economy
Fraunhofer IWU
Prof Dr Richard Fu
Professor of Physics and Smart Materials
Northumbria University
Prof Dr Thomas Vietor
Institute for Engineering Design
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Dr Engy Ghoniem
Senior Research Fellow
Northumbria University
Prof Dr Jorge Lacayo-Pineda
Head of Expert Field for Materials Testing R&D Innovation & Applied Research
Continental Tires
Prof Dr Barbara Reggiani
Associate Professor
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia & University of Bologna
Prof Dr Muhammad Wakil Shahzad
Expert in Digital Methods for the Circular Economy theme
Northumbria University
Prof Dr Michael Thomas
Head of Department “Circular Products and Processes”
Head of Fraunhofer CCEM @ Open-Hybrid-Lab-Factory e.V.
Prof Dr Sotirios Grammatikos
Professor and ASEMlab Director
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Prof Dr Lorenzo Donati
Professor of Manufacturing Technologies
University of Bologna
Dr Sara Di Donato
Research Fellow
University of Bologna
Daniel Nebel
Deputy Head of Department Sustainable Mobility
Fraunhofer IWU @ Open Hybrid LabFactory e. V.
Prof Dr Davar Hemyari
Expert in Aluminium alloys and lightweight materials
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Benteler Automotive Raufoss
Dr Ahmed Elmasry
Expert in Simulations and Digital products passport
Northumbria University
Justus von Freeden
Senior Research Fellow Sustainable lightweight technologies
Fraunhofer IWU @ Open Hybrid LabFactory e. V.
Prof Dr Alessandro Morri
Associate Professor of Metallurgy
University of Bologna
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